Support eqx locohotives



v May 19, 1931. w. A. BARDSLEY 6 DRUM SUPPORT FOR LOCOMOTIVES Filed June 1, 1928 Patented May 19, 1931 warren stares WILLIAM ANDREW BARDSLEY, 0F OAKLYN, HEW ERSEY DRUM. SUPPORT FOR LOCOE'IOTIVES Application filed. June 1,

My invention relates to supports which carry the drums at the sides of a locomotive. These drums are usually located under the running boards.

One object of my invention is to make a support in such manner that it will fit various sizes of boilers and can be located in any position desired.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the support that it can be read ily removed without disturbing the studs in the boiler. The weight of the support is much less than those heretofore used; no machine work is required to fit the support to the boiler; and the lagging is not disturbed when it is necessary to remove the drums or the supports.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side view of my improved drum support, showing the boiler and drum in dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is a plan view;

Fig. 3 is an end view; and

Figs. 4:, 5 and 6 illustrate the support in different locations on the boiler.

The boiler a is shown by dotted lines, as

well as the drum Z). The running-board c, which is carried by the support 1, is also shown by dotted lines and can be adjustably for the neat fitting of a drum which is slightly larger or smaller in diameter than a stand ard drum.

The support has two lugs 3 and 4 at the rear, having reamed holes for pins 5 and 6, respectively, which are fitted to holes in the two blocks 7-700, which are in turn perma' nently secured to the shell of the boiler by stud bolts or other fastening means. These blocks project a suflicient distance from the 1928. Serial No. 282,233.

shell of the boiler to allow for the lagging indicated by the dotted line d in Fig. 1.

The support is outside of the lagging as shown. A strap 8 is hung from a pin 9 on the upper portion of the support and extends under the drum, and has at its lower end a U- shaped bolt 10, which passes through holes 11-l1 in the lower portion of the support. @11 the threaded end of the bolt are nuts 12 which when turned take up the slack of the strap and firmly hold the drum to the suport. p The plate 14 of the running-board c is attached to the support 1 by an angle iron 15, which in turn is attached to the support by the pin 9 and a bolt 13. The holes in the angle iron are preferably located after the support is in place. By this means the runing-board can be properly located.

The shape of the angle iron and the location or" the hole for the bolt 13 may vary according to the location oi the support. In Fig. 1 the holes in the angle iron are in line. In Fig. 4, where the support is raised above the position shown in Fig. 1, the hole for the bolt 13 is below the hole for the pin 9; while in Fig. 5, where the support is low, the hole for the bolt 13 is above the hole for the pin 9.

In ordinary cases the shoes are of the same size, but in extreme cases, as shown in Fig. 6, where the support is located in a low position on a small boiler, the lower foot 76 may be extended as shown.

There are usually two or more supports for each drum, depending upon the length of the drum.

. The present support will fit any type of boiler or drum, dispensing with the use of a large number of different patterns.

I claim 1. The combination in a drum support for locomotives and the like, of a support having two bearing points for a drum; means for attaching the drum to the support, said sup port having two lugs spaced apart; and blocks pivotally mounted on the support, said blocks being arranged so as to be attached to the boiler.

2. The combination in a drum support for locomotives, of two blocks adapted to be secured t0 the shell of the boiler of the locomotive in spaced apart relation; a support having a segmental bearing surface for the drum, said support having two lugs said lugs and blocks having transverse openings; pins in said openings coupling the support to the blocks; and a strap extending partly around the drum and attached at both ends to the support.

lVILLIAh I ANDREV BARDSLEY. 

